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Hexura rothi

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Hexura rothi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Antrodiaetidae
Genus: Hexura
Species:
H. rothi
Binomial name
Hexura rothi
Gertsch & Platnick, 1979

Hexura rothi is a species of spider. It was described by Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 — USA. Originally placed with Mecicobothriidae,[1] it was moved to Antrodiaetidae in 2019.[2]

It has two spinnerets. It is found in the southern Central Oregon Coast Ranges through the Klamath Mountains into Del Norte, California.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Simon, E. (1884). "Note sur le groupe des Mecicobothria". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 313–317.
  2. ^ Hedin, M.; et al. (2019). "Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci". PeerJ. 7 (e6864): 15. doi:10.7717/peerj.6864. PMC 6501763. PMID 31110925.
  3. ^ Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States by Richard J. Adams page 48